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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:00 AM

I'm having trouble with my high school friend

My best friend since seventh grade is acting weird and I don't know what to do.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Monday, May 15, 2006 11:15 PM

    Empathy

    I enjoyed reading Cary's reply. It was on target.

    The young woman is learning a lesson in empathy. It has nothing to do with being a doormat or cultivating the ability to cut off friends that upset you.

    Empathy for another, no matter how troubled that individual is, is what many of our families (related and created) have taught us.

    Like a previous person wrote, at least the teenager is pondering her situation and trying to do what's right.

    By actively seeking solutions to this complex problem, I admire LW's attempt at righting a wrong.

    —dahlia Read dahlia's other letters

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